10 Tips for Leading Virtual Teams

In June, Claire Bradshaw and I wrote and delivered a webinar called Leading Virtual Teams for NHS Library and Knowledge Services. We created 10 tips for Leading Virtual Teams and I promised I’d write the tips up for a blog…

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Tips on how to reduce your Information overload*

We live in the age of information overload, of misinformation and more worryingly, of disinformation. And we’re living through a global pandemic. What could possibly go wrong? Have you been scrolling wildly through Facebook? Twitter? Instagram? ALL of the social…

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In a time of crisis

Coronavirus. A global pandemic. It all feels like we’re living out the plot to a science fiction film. In the space of a month, everything has changed. I was wondering how you were doing? Because to be honest, I’m struggling…

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Tips to help with stress

Some of things I normally do to relieve stress went completely out of the window in the middle of March and I realised that I’ve not been doing any Pilates or having a bath last thing. It’s really common when…

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Tips on how to stop feeling out of control

Often stress can be exacerbated when we feel like everything is out of our control. Stephen Covey has an exercise that he calls ‘Circles of influence and circles of control’ and it’s from his book ‘7 habits of highly effective…

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Tips on habits and changing behaviour

Some of my favourite books on changing behaviours and habits are by Gretchen Rubin and Rangan Chatterjee. They both have an overriding message about not making change too drastic or big for us to cope with. Trying to change everything…

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